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S J SIMMONS SHOESTRING FASTENER- No; 514,284. Patented Feb. 6,1894.

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SAMUEL J. SIMMONS, O'F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOWILLIAM O. SIMMONS, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOESTRING- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,284, dated February6, 1894. Application filed November 16, 1893. Serial No. 491,108- (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. SIMMONS, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoestring-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in shoe string fasteners,-theobject of the invention being to produce a simple and efficient devicewhereby to fasten the ends of a shoe string together.

A further object is to producea shoe string fastener which shall be soconstructed that the ends of the string can be effectually united orfastened and so that it can be quickly and easily operated to releasethe string by merely pulling upon one of the ends thereof.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts ashereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view showing the applicationof my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail view. Fig. 3 isa view of the deviceadapted to be secured to a lad ys shoe having eyelets.

A represents the body portion of my improved fastener and is provided atone end with a loop or eye 0. adapted to engage the upper right hook, ona shoe. The other end of the body portion A is made with a lip 19projecting at right angles from said body portion and at a point in rearof said lip, two parallel ears 0, c, are made. Between the ears 0, aleverB is pivoted, said lever having a clamping jaw d, between which andthe body portion A, the string 0 is clamped. The lever B is also madewith a jaw e at right angles to the jaw d, and between this jaw e andthe. lip b, the other end of the string is clamped. One end of the shoestring 0 is passed through the end of the body portion and between theears 0, c, in position to be clamped bythe jawd of the lever B. Thedevice is, then hooked on the upper right handbook of the shoe. Thelever B will then be turned on its pivots sufticiently to partiallyclamp the string and the other end of the string, from the second hookon the left hand side of the shoe, will then be inserted in the spacebetween the ears 0 and the lip 19, when the lever will be pressed completely down, thus causing the last-mentioned end of the string to beclamped between the jaw e and the lip 17, thus tightly securing the endsof the string together. Neither end of the string will be passed aroundthe hook on the shoe to which the device is attached. When it is desiredto loosen the string to remove the shoe, the lever B will be raisedsufficiently to release the end of the string held by the jaw e and lip19, by simply pulling upon the other end of the string. The leverB willthen again be pressed down to retain the device on the string; Where itwill remain until it is again desired to fasten the ends of the string.

When the device is to be used on ladies shoes having eyelets instead ofhooks for the lacing string, the loop awill be omitted and one end ofthe body portion of the device will be out to produce tangsf, which willbe passed through the upper right hand eyelet of the shoe and bentagainst the inner face of the shoe in a manner similar to a paperfastener.

My improvements are simple in construction, cheap to manufacture andeffectual in the performance of their functions.

. Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture, a shoe string fastener consistingessentially of a main or body portion adapted to be attachedto one flapof ashoe, said main or body portion provided with a lip, a lever hingedto the main or body portion and provided with two jaws, one of whichcooperates with the main or body portion of the fastener to receive andhold an end of the string between itself and the main or body portion ofthe fastener and the other with the lip to clamp the other end of thestring between them, substantially as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, a shoe string fastener consisting of amain or body portion, said main or body portion having a lip and thelatter provided with a recess in one edge main or body portion and thelip whereby to clamp the opposite ends of the shoe string, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 15 specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL J. SIMMONS.

Witnesses:

WM. WATT, SAMUEL S. FULLER.

